The Language Salad
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Today I will show you how to make the tastiest, healthiest and most filling salad there is: a language salad.
今天我將向你展示如何製作最美味、最健康且最飽腹的沙拉：語言沙拉。
You only need two ingredients: listening and reading.
你只需要兩種原料：聽和讀。
To get started, grab a large brain bowl - I am sure you have one around.
開始吧，拿一個大腦碗——我相信你身邊有一個。
Then start filling the bowl with the two ingredients: listening and reading.
然後開始往碗裡裝入這兩種原料：聽和讀。
There is an important point to remember.
有一個重要的點需要記住。
You must dice the ingredients.
你必須把原料切成小塊。
At the beginning, make the pieces very small.
一開始，切得要非常小。
With time, you can use bigger pieces.
隨著時間推移，你可以使用更大的塊。
But start small, so you don't choke.
但要從小塊開始，這樣你不會嗆到。
Keep adding the ingredients.
繼續添加原料。
How much should you add? The more the better.
應該添加多少？越多越好。
Don't worry. Your brain bowl will never overfill.
別擔心，你的大腦碗永遠不會盛不下。
At first, the ingredients will not combine well; but just keep adding them; trust me: with time everything will come together.
起初，原料不會很好地融合；但是繼續添加；相信我，隨著時間一切都會水到渠成。
Here is an unusual thing about the language salad: you need to start eating it before it is completely done.
關於語言沙拉，有一件不尋常的事：你需要在它完全做好之前就開始品嚐。
If you don't, the salad will wilt.
如果不這樣，沙拉會枯萎。
So, go ahead and start enjoying the salad.
所以，快開始享受這份沙拉吧。
There are three types of utensils for eating a language salad: thinking, speaking and writing.
吃語言沙拉用的餐具有三種：思考、說話和寫作。
You might not know how to start eating your salad.
你可能不知道如何開始享用你的沙拉。
Start slow.
慢慢開始。
First, use small pieces in your thoughts.
先在腦中使用小塊的原料。
Then say simple sentences out loud.
然後大聲說簡單的句子。
Then speak with other people.
接著和別人交流說話。
You definitely want to share your language salad with others.
你絕對想要和別人分享你的語言沙拉。
So speak with joy; and speak before the salad is done.
所以愉快地說話；在沙拉做好之前就開始說。
Actually, this wonderful salad is never completely done.
實際上，這份美妙的沙拉永遠不會完全完成。
At the same time, it never runs out.
同時，它也永遠不會耗盡。
The more ingredients you add, the more you eat and share the salad with others, the richer, spicier, and more colourful it gets.
你添加的原料越多，你吃得越多，也越多與他人分享，沙拉就越豐富、越有滋味、越多彩。
As I said at the beginning, it's the tastiest, healthiest and most filling salad you can make.
正如我一開始所說，這是你能做的最美味、最健康且最飽腹的沙拉。
Enjoy!
享受吧！